Dental Nursing Level 3 Work-based

Course overview

The qualification focuses on direct chair-side work and support during a range of dental treatments. It encompasses the underpinning ethics, professionalism, teamwork and communication required to work as a dental nurse.

Course content

Core Mandatory Units:

• Ensure your own actions reduce the risk to health and safety – Mandatory. (2 credits)
• Reflect on and develop your practice Mandatory (4 credits)
• Emergency First Aid Skills – Mandatory. (1 credit)
• Preparing and maintaining environments, instruments, and equipment for clinical dental procedures4

Other mandatory units:

• Offer information and support to individuals on the protection of their oral health (2 credits)
• Provide chair side support during the assessment of patients’ oral health (4 credits)
• Contribute to the production of dental images (1 credit)
• Provide chair side support during the prevention and control of periodontal disease and caries and the restoration of cavities (3 credits)
• Provide chair side support during the provision of fixed and removable prostheses (3 credits)
• Provide chair side support during non-surgical endodontic treatment (4 credits)
• Provide chair side support during the extraction of teeth and minor oral surgery (2 credits)
• Principles of infection control in the dental environment (3 credits)
• Assessment of oral health and treatment planning (5 credits)
• Dental radiography (3 credits)
• Scientific principles in the management of oral health diseases and dental procedures (4 credits)
• Principles and theory of Dental Nursing (written external exam) (5 credits)